When comparing Sony X940E 75" (XBR75X940E) vs VIZIO D-Series 60" (D60-F3), the Slant community recommends Sony X940E 75" (XBR75X940E) for most people. In the question“What are the best TVs?”Sony X940E 75" (XBR75X940E) is ranked 21st while VIZIO D-Series 60" (D60-F3) is ranked 65th. The most important reason people chose Sony X940E 75" (XBR75X940E) is:

The X940E is the best LED TV of 2017, outperforming the Sony X930E and X900E in nearly every aspect. Its picture quality is top-notch for any kind of content and it can handle all sorts of use cases really well.

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Exceptional picture quality

The X940E is the best LED TV of 2017, outperforming the Sony X930E and X900E in nearly every aspect. Its picture quality is top-notch for any kind of content and it can handle all sorts of use cases really well.

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Great color reproduction

The color gamut of a TV refers to the range of colors the display can reproduce — the wider the color gamut, the more colors it can display, and the better the overall picture quality will be. This is extremely important for HDR content because it requires a much wider color gamut than SDR content. The X940E has no issues with accurately reproducing the colors necessary for true HDR because its color gamut is one of the widest and only bested by some OLEDs.

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Virtually no reflections

The X940E's panel has a glossy finish, unlike the X930E which has a semi-gloss finish. This, along with its ability to get very bright, means that this TV is excellent at handling reflections — even in a bright room, the picture quality will remain more or less the same.

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Perfect TV for movies and HDR content

The X940E's performance can be considered on par with the OLEDs in this price range. It has everything necessary for true HDR: high native contrast (4941:1, can go up to 11634:1 with local dimming enabled), wide color gamut, great black levels and uniformity. Beyond all that, its panel is one of the best in the market — even in a bright room, this TV can still really shine because of how bright it can get.

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Great for dark rooms

The X940E shines in dark environments — it is great at reproducing dark scenes, making it suitable for enjoying media in a cinema-like setting. It performs extremely well in movies with many black highlights/scenes where this is immediately noticeable even to undiscerning viewers (e.g. Interstellar).

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Does not suffer from image retention

Unlike the OLED panels in this price range, the X940E has a VA panel and thus it does not suffer from image retention issues.

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Great ecosystem of third-party apps

The X940E runs on Android TV — normal Android apps from the Google Play Store (or other app stores) will work on it.

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Excellent performance in bright environments

The X940E has a practical peak brightness of ~1,100nits for both SDR and HDR content — this is by far the second brightest ever in a VA panel, only bested by the X930E. It can sustain this level of brightness when playing content and it will not have any issues with fighting light in bright environments thanks to its virtually reflection-less panel.

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Excellent black levels and uniformity

The black levels of a TV affects the viewer’s perception of other colors next to it. If the black levels are not deep enough and doesn’t remain uniform across the screen, the overall picture quality will look “flat” without much depth. The X940E handles this extremely well with one of the lowest deviation (<0.6%) ever in a non-OLED panel. This is measured across the entire screen from what a pure black screen should be, giving it significant gains in its native contrast levels thereby increasing the picture quality by a ton.

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Dark scenes looks great

The X940E can handle dark scenes very well thanks to its high native contrast levels, which clocks in at 4941:1 native, and it can go up to 11634:1 with local dimming enabled. This, along with excellent black levels and uniformity, gives the TV the ability to achieve great representations of dark scenes beyond most expectations.

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Local dimming is excellent

Local dimming is the TV's ability to dim areas of the screen for deeper black levels and better contrast — they are separated into different dimming zones, where each zone can be individually dimmed as needed. The local dimming on the X940E is the best in LED TVs of 2017 — it is capable of doubling the contrast ratios from 4941:1 to 11634:1. The only other LED TV with this capability is the VIZIO P65-E1, but its contrast with local dimming enabled is lower than the X940E's (at ~9.3k:1).

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Interface is ads-free

The user interface of modern smart TVs can include some advertisements similar to those on the internet or in a mobile app. The X940E does not include any, and it also has a feature for limiting ads in third-party applications.

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Fair motion handling

The motion on this TV looks smooth and clear thanks to the TV's pixels that can change their colors very fast as well as the optional black frame insertion feature that works at a high frequency.

The TV's full pixel response time measures at only 12.1 ms - fast enough to eliminate long traces of the artificial motion blur.

Additionally, the motion looks clear, and the details look sharper thanks to the TV's black frame insertion feature. This feature allows the TV to insert black frames in between of the actual content frames. This makes the details appear definite.

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Good for gaming

The VIZIO D-Series offers decent gaming experience thanks to its high overall responsiveness and excellent motion handling. The gaming feels lag-free because of the TV's low input lag that measures at only around 22.2 milliseconds.

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Ads-free

The VIZIO D-series runs SmartCast which is free of ads.

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Cons

Con

Poor viewing angles

The picture quality on the X940E suffers from some degradation when viewing from an angle, as typical of a VA panel. The colors shift with even just a little deviation in the viewing angle, and the blacks become less apparent with it turning grey-ish.

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Lacks support for Dolby Vision

The X940E can currently only play HDR10 content. It does not support Dolby Vision.

Con

Bad for group watching

The VIZIO D-Series isn't the best TV to watch with a crowd because those who sit at an angle to the TV will experience degraded image because of the TV's lousy viewing angles. As soon as the angle between the viewer and a TV gets more significant than 13 degrees, the black levels start to degrade. This is a common problem for the VA TVs.

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Can't fight glare

The VIZIO D-Series is a poor choice for bright rooms because the TV's peak brightness is not high enough to fight glare emitted by other sources of light.

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